Sending jobs overseas can't be justified

February 17, 2004|The Morning Call

What an eye-catching front-page headline in an election year: "Bush economist: Sending jobs overseas good for U.S." (The Morning Call, Feb. 10). I wonder what N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, had in mind when he said that. Perhaps he was hoping to see himself repeatedly quoted in Democratic campaign attack ads?

I also wonder: Would Mr. Mankiw change his mind if the job of economic adviser to the president was outsourced to a lower-cost overseas provider?